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Patek Philippe Chronograph Spider Lugs 1579 · The Index

Brands
Patek Philippe
Chronograph
1579

Chronograph Spider Lugs 1579

Undated4 variants

Chronograph with faceted, angled “anse a ragno” (spider) lugs that lose definition easily with wear and polishing.

Close dial-side view of a yellow-gold ref. 1579 showing the faceted, angled 'spider' lugs and rectangular pushers; silvered two-tone dial with 'Patek Philippe & Co' signature, applied gold Arabic 12/6, black baton indexes and tachymeter (first-series dial). · Photo: Sotheby's · © Sotheby's, used with permission · Source: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2026/important-watches/reference-1579-spider-lugs-a-yellow-gold

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Variants over time

Production years have not been recorded for these variants.

Variants

Yellow GoldUndated
Yellow-gold spider-lug case.
ChronographSpider lugs

Reference specifications

Brand: Patek Philippe
Model: Chronograph
Reference: 1579
Category: Chronograph
Production: Undated
Case diameter: 36 mm

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1 sub-variants:Black Enamel Dial, Breguet Numerals

Pink GoldUndated

Pink-gold spider-lug case.

ChronographSpider lugs

1 sub-variants:Serpico y Laino

Date

No

Movement

Manual windingManual windingWinding a mechanical watch’s mainspring by turning the crown. Some automatic movements also allow manual winding.

More specifications (1)

Calibers: 13-130

Specs shared by all variants. Variant pages show where a variant differs.

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